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en-USThu, 24 May 2018 15:14:35 -0400http://www.rssboard.org/rss-2-0-1Summer of Possibility in MeLhttps://support.gale.com/doc/summer-of-possibility-mel
https://support.gale.com/doc/summer-of-possibility-mel<p>Fight the summer slide with MeL resources. Just because school is out, doesn't mean libraries are closed. Students can gain access to great materials that will help them during family vacations and down time to get ready for the next academic year.</p>Tue, 15 May 2018 13:41:39 -0400Election Magic - Michigan county archiveshttp://www.electionmagic.com/archives/archives.html
http://www.electionmagic.com/archives/archives.html<p>This is a commercial website that records a select number of Michigan county election results. Currently provides data dating from 1998 for Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Gratiot, Kent and Van Buren counties.</p>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:02:58 -0400Pathfinderhttps://pathfinder.mitalent.org/#/home
https://pathfinder.mitalent.org/#/home<p>A career exploration tool from Michigan's Talent Investment Agency. The tool provides information to students, their parents, and guidance staff to make informed choices about educational and career options, as well as to help with creation of educational development plans. This free tool uses current labor market information, longitudinal wage data, and other institutional data and metrics, allowing improved skills-matching to career paths and jobs.</p>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:26:41 -0500Allegan District Libraryhttp://alleganlibrary.org/digitized-allegan-newspapers-1856-1918/
http://alleganlibrary.org/digitized-allegan-newspapers-1856-1918/<p>has digitzed several newspapers such as: the Allegan Journal, the Allegan Journal and Tribune, and the Allegan Gazette. They are nearly complete runs of each paper. Researchers have several search options to choose from.</p>Wed, 8 Nov 2017 16:50:47 -0500HeritageQuest - LibGuidehttp://proquest.libguides.com/heritagequestonline
http://proquest.libguides.com/heritagequestonline<p>Description of content, tools, and searching tips in the redesigned HeritageQuest now powered by Ancestry.com.</p>Wed, 1 Nov 2017 08:57:08 -0400Signal of Libertyhttp://signalofliberty.aadl.org/node/19778
http://signalofliberty.aadl.org/node/19778<p>is a newspaper whose goal is to bring the issue of slavery to the minds and hearts of the readership. The newspaper shows the growing antislavery movement within Michigan focusing on local churches and other social organizations.</p>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 11:23:56 -0400Old Newshttp://oldnews.aadl.org/papers
http://oldnews.aadl.org/papers<p>is a great Ann Arbor District Library resource for Ann Arbor newspapers. The dates vary for each paper, but there are links to the digitized paper or articles. This is an ongoing project.</p>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:49:07 -0400Ypsilanti Commercial newspaperhttp://history.ypsilibrary.org/genealogy/
http://history.ypsilibrary.org/genealogy/<p>is an index only resource. This resource covers the years 1865-1898, but does not cover all of the Ypsilanti area. Researchers may find some citations for vital records such as births, marriages, and deaths, but are encouraged to search the cited dates on the microfilm copy for further information.</p>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 09:43:22 -0400The A.P. Marshall African American Oral History Archivehttp://history.ypsilibrary.org/
http://history.ypsilibrary.org/<p><span>seeks to preserve stories from the Ypsilanti African American community. Members of this well-organized community lived through the Jim Crow era, fought racism during WWII, and led the local Civil Rights movement. Spanning several generations, these interviews illuminate eras of profound social change and offer an intimate look into the social, home, and political life of a historic Michigan community.</span></p>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:31:12 -04002016 Consumer Expenditure Data Releasedhttps://www.bls.gov/cex/
https://www.bls.gov/cex/<p>The Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Surveys provide data on expenditures, income, and demogrpahic characteristics of consumers in the United States. It is the only Federal household survey to provide information on the complete range of consumers' expenditures and incomes as well as characteristics of those consumers and their spending habits and trends.</p>Wed, 6 Sep 2017 11:40:56 -0400Opposing Viewpoints in Contexthttp://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=OVIC
http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=OVIC<p>Middle school through college undergraduate and General user. Full-text. Features contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Continuously updated pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, primary source documents, biographies, court-case overviews, periodical articles, tables/charts/graphs, and more. Contains more than 700 Greenhaven Press, Gale, Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner’s Sons® and U·X·L titles. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.</p>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:04:44 -0400Fourth National Climate Assessment Updateshttp://www.globalchange.gov/news/fourth-national-climate-assessment-update-june-2017
http://www.globalchange.gov/news/fourth-national-climate-assessment-update-june-2017<p>The United States Global Change Research Program issues the National Climate Assessment every 4 years, the next is due in 2018. Part of that research is the Climate Science Special Report (CSSR) most recently in the news. Read these updates for the status of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) and its components.</p>
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http://w1.lara.state.mi.us/platmaps/<p>This database is experiencing intermittent access issues as an upgrade is being completed. Please continue to try periodically to access the database. We apologize for any inconvenience. This system includes all plats in the State of Michigan beginning with the plats created under the 1821 territorial act for recording town plats.</p>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:06:49 -0400Keeping America Informed: The U.S. Government Publishing Office, A Legacy of Service to the Nationhttps://www.govinfo.gov/features/keeping-america-informed-2016
https://www.govinfo.gov/features/keeping-america-informed-2016<p> The revised version of this publication describes GPO's rich history and transformation over the past 155 years. Read about the ways that GPO continually adapted over the years, starting with lead type and the "ink-on-paper" era during GPO's first days in 1861, all the way up to GPO’s incorporation of electronic information technologies in the present day, which has been the single most dominant trend at the agency for the past 50 years.</p>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:54:08 -0400Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program (HICAP)http://www.michigan.gov/hicap
http://www.michigan.gov/hicap<p>The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services offers the Health Insurance Customer Assistance Program which includes resources covering the Affordable Care Act and the Health Insurance Marketplace. Additional links to other healthcare programs in Michigan are also located here as is email and telephone contact information.</p>Tue, 8 Aug 2017 14:25:29 -0400